Linux text editor = or > BBEdit

[Christopher Brown]

I'm in search of a BBEdit replacement.

One of my main reasons for staying with the cult that is Mac for so long 
has been BBEdit. I have found that particular program to be the best 
program for it's purpose and for purposes it was never intended for, 
moreso than any other program I have ever used. I would even go so far 
as to say that that one piece of software is better than any Mac 
application written and is greater than the value of the hardware it 
runs on.

Having said that. What does the PPC Linux world offer that is close to
BBEdit? I'm giving Linux a fair shot at becoming my main OS. So far
almost every app that I needed in OSX I have found suitable replacements
for (THANK YOU MATTHIAS SAOU !!!) Basically I want color coded text,
massive search and replace with or without grep, smart application that
recognizes different coding languages (html, pearl, c, java, etc.) and
can deal with them like BBEdit can. The GUI is important here too. The 
least of it's shining acheivements is it's easy to use, unobtrusive GUI.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Christopher Brown